The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, the Galaxy Note 4 with an edge screen and that’s made completely of plastic, is now available on sale in the US from AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. It will be available at Verizon and U.S. Cellular sometime in the future.

If you are going to get the device from AT&T, the device will cost you $399 (with a two-year contract) or $945 without any strings attached. You can also select AT&T’s Next plans to receive the handset for $0 down (taxes not included) and then pay $47.30/month for 12 months, $39.42 for 18 months or $31.54 for 24 months. The T-Mobile Note Edge comes with a price tag of $870 outright or you can get it for $0 down (not including taxes) and pay $36.25/month for 24 months. At Sprint, the device is available on contract for $429 or for $0 down (plus tax) and $35/month for 24 months.

Are you interested in the Galaxy Note Edge? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

What you see above appears to be LG’s answer to the Nexus 6‘s Midnight Blue version. It’s the LG G3 Blue Steel model that is now available in the US for Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.

The Blue Steel LG G3 is available exclusively from Best Buy and it comes with a price tag starting at $99.99 (with new 2-year contract). In case you are wondering, it’s just the color that is different about the handset. Its specs are the same as the LG G3 that was unveiled a few months ago. You will get a 5.5-inch QHD display, a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, a 13MP primary camera (with laser autofocus), and a 3000 mAh battery. The device will ship with Android 4.4 KitKat, but you will be able to update it to Android 5.0 Lollipop sometime soon.

Not interested in the blue version? There’s no need to worry as the handset is also available in many other colors including Metallic Black, Silk White, Shine Gold, Moon Violet and Burgundy Red.

Last week, the Motorola Nexus 6 was made available for pre-order on Google Play in the US where the device was sold out very quickly. But right now we have some good news for the folks living in some countries outside the US. The Nexus 6 has been listed on the Google Play Store in 12 additional nations.

But don’t get too excited as the device is not yet available for purchase. The product page is saying that the Android phablet is ‘Coming soon’ and we can also check out its price. In India, the 32GB Nexus 6 costs Rs. 44,000 and the 64GB version comes with a price tag of Rs. 49,000. It should be made available later this month, probably in limited stocks. The list of countries includes Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

The Motorola-made Google Nexus 6 has been very much in demand in the US. It was sold out almost instantly after being made available on the Google Play Store. As for when the device is coming to India, it appears like it will launch in the country sometime in the near future. Flipkart reportedly has listed the 32GB version of the 5.96-inch device as ‘Coming Soon’.

The Nexus 6 currently is not available on Google Play India, but the search giant’s Nexus 9 tablet is listed as ‘Coming soon‘ with a price tag of Rs. 28,900 (16GB version). But unfortunately, Flipkart hasn’t released the price and availability details of the Nexus 6.

In the US, the 32GB Nexus 6 model on Google Play costs $649 (about Rs. 40,000) and the 64GB version is priced at $699 (about Rs. 43,000). US carriers including Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular will also be offering the new device. In Europe, the pre-order of the phablet was set to begin on November 3 but it seems to have been delayed to November 18. That means European customers might receive the device only in December. In the continent, the device is expected to cost €569 (32GB) and €649 (64GB).

Just to remind you, the Nexus 6 features a QHD 1440×2560 display (493ppi), a 2.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor, 3GB RAM, a 13MP rear camera, a 2MP selfie shooter, a 3220mAh battery, and it runs Android 5.0 Lollipop. If interested you can check out a spec comparison between the Nexus 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus here.

Amazon, as you might know, offers an app for free everyday. But once in while, they come out with offers that allow you to get many paid apps and games for free. One such offer has arrived. Apps and games worth more than $115 are currently available for free on the Amazon Appstore. The deal will be there until Saturday and has been confirmed to be available in the US, UK, Canada, France, and Australia.

]]>http://www.mobilemag.com/2014/10/30/amazon-appstore-deal-apps-games-free/feed/0Xbox One Will Cost $350 For The Holidays In The US (Video)http://www.mobilemag.com/2014/10/28/xbox-one-price-cut-holidays-us-video/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2014/10/28/xbox-one-price-cut-holidays-us-video/#commentsTue, 28 Oct 2014 12:42:06 +0000http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=157482Xbox One holiday promotion in the US.

Microsoft’s Xbox One will get a $50 price cut from November 2 to January 3, 2015, in the US. The stand-alone console will be having a price tag of $350 at retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Microsoft’s stores, Walmart, Target, and Toys R Us. And you will be getting the $50 discount for all versions of the Xbox One. So if you are planing to get one of the bundles, you might want to wait until next month.

The standard version of the Assassin’s Creed Unity bundle (Unity will only launch on November 11), which will also get you Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, will be yours for $350. It will cost you $450 if you want both the games and Kinect.

There are a lot of tablets out there for you to choose from at the moment. There’s the new Google Nexus 9 from HTC, Apple iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3 and many more. But if you are in the US and are interested only in Sony’s Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, then you can pay a visit to the company’s online store. The tablet is now available to be pre-ordered in the country.

You can book the 32GB version of the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact that comes with a price tag of $499.99. Just to remind you, the tablet comes equipped with an 8-inch 1200 x 1920 Triluminos display, a quad-core 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB RAM, an 8.1MP primary camera, a 2.2MP selfie camera, microSD card slot (cards up to 128GB), and a 4500 mAh battery. It runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat and is also IP65/68 certified.

The HTC Nexus 9 tablet and Motorola Nexus 6 smartphone, which run Android 5.0 Lollipop, are here. We are comparing the specs of the new Nexus smartphone with those of the Apple iPhone 6 Plus.

Just in case you missed a few things earlier, you will be able to pre-order the Google Nexus 9 at the Google Play Store tomorrow (October 17) and the device will be available in stores on the 3rd of November. The Motorola Nexus 6 can be pre-ordered on October 29 and it will ship sometime in November. In the US, the smartphone will be available from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular. While in the UK the Nexus 6 will be offered by Three and O2 and retailers such as Amazon, Currys, PC World, Argos, and John Lewis. The 32GB Nexus 6 model comes with a price tag of $649 unlocked and the 64GB model costs $699.

Check out the spec comparison below.

Although the Nexus 6 is larger than the iPhone 6 Plus, the Google device is a clear winner when it comes to pixel density. The Nexus 6 also has a better primary camera. Google, of course, should have added a good front shooter, though it is still better than that on the iPhone 6 Plus. But the Apple device should be easier to handle than the Nexus 6, which is heavier and bigger. The 2.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor under the hood of the Nexus 6 seems to be better when compared to the iPhone 6 Plus’ 1.4GHz dual-core processor, though that doesn’t mean that the Nexus 6 will be better when it comes to performance. We will be taking a closer look at the handset to see how it works. The Nexus 6 has a bigger battery, but you shouldn’t forget that it has to power a larger display.

What are your thoughts about the new Nexus 6? Are you interested in the Android device? Or are you an iFan?

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 Active rugged smartphone, as you might know, was exclusive to AT&T in the US before it launched on other carriers and in Canada. Now the South Korean company is all set to release the handset in Europe. The European version of the device will come with the same specs, but it appears like it will be priced higher.

There hasn’t been any hints about a release date, but the device will come with a price tag of €629 (about $796). That price is more than what AT&T is asking for it in the US: $659.99 without any strings attached. In case you are wondering, the Galaxy S5 costs $649.99 at AT&T.

The European Galaxy S5 Active is called model SM-G870F. Unlike the US version, there won’t be any carrier branding and there will be a Samsung logo (and not the Galaxy S5 Active logo) on the model for Europe.

Just to remind you, the Galaxy S5 Active features a 5.1-inch 1920×1080 Super AMOLED screen, a 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-core Krait 400 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB of storage (with microSD card support), Adreno 330 GPU, a 16MP camera, a 2800mAh battery, heart-rate sensor (but no fingerprint scanner), and a special key to get to the Activity Zone to access your favorite features. Available in Camo Green and Titanium Grey, the handset is IP67-certified and also has MIL-STD 810G certification.

Samsung showed off their Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge earlier today. In the US, all the four major carriers will be carrying both the devices on their networks.

The Galaxy Note 4 (check out the specs and hands-on video of the phablet) is expected to be released next month in the US, while the Note Edge will reportedly be available on sale “later in the fall”. Verizon has announced that both the devices will be launched on their network this fall. You can sign up for getting updates from Big Red here. According to AT&T, they will be “among the first” to launch the new devices. Sprint will offer both Note variants, and T-Mobile will release the Note 4 in October and the Note Edge later this fall. Meanwhile, US Cellular will launch the Note 4 sometime in October.